Medication governance: preventing errors and promoting patient safety. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

Medication governance: preventing errors and promoting patient safety. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

• Commentary
 
• Published February 2017

Medication governance: preventing errors and promoting patient safety.

Kavanagh C. Br J Nurs. 2017;26:159-165.

Medication errors are a significant challenge to patient safety. Discussing various factors that weaken the medication administration process, this commentary highlights collaboration, safety culture, and curriculum development as tactics to enhance the role of nurses and nurse educators in improving medication safety.

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